VTbowman Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 In your opinion do you feel UV will bust you quicker then Scent or vise-versa? Being detected by deer seeing UV on your camo or by smelling you....???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. My opinion is you will be busted faster by smell, as deers sense of smell is much better then a deers vision. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. I actually think its 50:50. You can play the wind, and use cover scents, but winds can swirl. You can do almost nothing to fool a deers eye but stay still and use UV killer. So its a toss up in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. Movement! But that's just my opinion. Using a treestand and designing the location to blend as much as possible with the foliage helps takeaway the UV factor and smell. Poor clothes are shiny at daybreak or evening. But so is some of the bark, daylight through branches, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. I use UV killer laundry detergent religiously. Actually this time of the year, my wife is doing all the clothes in it, because I don't want to have to run empty cycles to clean out the washer when I wash my hunting clothes. I also have become a scent fanatic. Scent free soap and shampoo. My clothes, boots, backpack, fannypack, hatts release, etc.. are always in either scent bags, or plastic containers containing fresh earth wafers, until I am out of my truck, or boat and ready to hunt. I think they have both played a huge part in the number of deer I have seen lately. The buck I took on Wednesday was coming right at me, staring at me, in my blaze orange hat, and orange vest, with a gun pointed right at him. He was 10 or 12 yards away, and coming right too me when I shot. He never saw me for what I was. Oh. I was on the ground, not in a tree. It is just my opinion that you have to fool a deers sense of smell, before you ever have a chance to fool his vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. It is just my opinion that you have to fool a deers sense of smell, before you ever have a chance to fool his vision. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Some experts argue that a deer's sense of smell is 1000 to 10000 that of our's, and I don't know about you but when I walk up on a buck bed, I know I can smell em', so that gives me a pretty good idea how hard I have to work to fool em. As far as their vision? I've been busted in the tree once or twice, but I too use UV laundry detergent rather religously and find it much easier to fool their sight than their nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. Scent and movement. Dont think the UV bothers the deer if it is not moving. However I do think they can see it which seems to always end up an interesting discussion in here. The sportswashes and most of the other detergents specifically designed for hunting on the market will in most cases remove and not enhance the uv factor on your hunting clothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: UV or Scent Poll. I agree it may be more of a "movement" thing as far as UV goes but I also know that untreated camo can look like a white shirt in a night club under a black light to deer. But I must change my vote and lean more towards scent. With only a few parts per million of scent molecules a deers nose can detect. Even minute amounts will be sensed by a deer. That can make the differecne between seeing them or not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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